Morphine pharmacokinetics and pain assessment in premature newborns

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-429

  Scott, Christy Silvius ^a,b   Riggs, K Wayne ^a   Ling, Emily W ^a   Fitzgerald, Colleen E ^a   Hill, Marilyn L ^a   Grunau, Ruth V E ^a   Solimano, Alfonso ^a   Craig, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG RESEARCH; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0033505856     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(99)70163-0     Document Type: Article

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